Chixtape 5 by Tory Lanez
Chixtape 5 is the fourth studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on November 15, 2019, by Mad Love and Interscope. It is the fifth installment of the Chixtape series with samples of "2000s-era R&B hits." The album includes guest appearances by Jagged Edge, T-Pain, Chris Brown, The-Dream, Mýa, Ashanti, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Fabolous and more. Background Chixtape 5 is the first of the series in which it was released as an album on streaming platforms. The album cleared all of the samples and includes the original artist featured on the song. In an interview with Billboard, Tory Lanez said "Everything is 2000s-inspired. Everything is inspired by the times when things were golden for us. I think all those pieces and everything that we've come out with has been all about nostalgia. I'm about to take you on a whole journey musically." The singer said that the album was heavily inspired by Chris Brown's album Indigo, inspiring him with its edited low-pitched background vocals, its samples from early 2000's R&B, and how double tracks from that album were managed. Singles and promotion On November 1, 2019, Tory Lanez announced the album's release date with Ashanti on the cover art. On November 8, he released the first single of the album, "Jerry Sprunger" featuring T-Pain, accompanied by a music video. Tory Lanez launched a website named after the album with an interface designed after the social network website MySpace.
Tory Lanez may have never had the chance to star in his own '80s teen movie, but he still gets to live out his electric dreams. The Canadian rapper and singer's sixth and most surprising album, <i>Alone At Prom</i>, is his impeccably crafted tribute to a decade revered by later generations for all its bright, shiny sounds. Citing Michael Jackson, Rick James, Toto and Daryl Hall & John Oates as key influences for these self-penned songs, Lanez isn't bashful about his inspirations. Produced by a team that includes Chaz Jackson, Orlando tha Great and King Midas, the nostalgic-minded music boasts a high shine and pop immediacy that initially make it seem like a far cry from the trap-infused R&B that had been Lanez's signature sound on albums such as 2018's <i>LoVE me NOw</i>. Yet anyone who can peer beyond the neon glare of "Enchanted Waterfall" and "Pink Dolphin Sunset" will see that the period trappings are not so much a departure as a means to emphasise everything that makes Lanez's music so arresting already. It’s clear in the brooding and bravado he combines on "The Color Violet", the urgency that underlies "Lady of Namek" and the yearning that fills "Hurt From Mercury" and "'87 Stingray". However unexpected, the strategy also yields some of Lanez's most exhilarating songs to date. Seemingly tailor-made for a workout montage in an unmade sequel to <i>Flashdance</i>, "Ballad of a Badman" bursts with energy thanks to the song's irrepressible drive and generous supply of vintage-'80s sax. A nimble piece of funk-pop with just the right amount of smooth appeal, "Last Kiss of Nebulon" is just as exuberant. Powered by a sample from Madonna's "Into the Groove", "Pluto's Last Comet" proves that Lanez can repurpose the decade's melodies, rhythms and sonic signifiers with the same flair that he displays when reworking his '90s R&B inspirations on his mixtapes.
